Word
altercate
争吵；争论
To argue, quarrel, or wrangle.
- 1.
To argue, quarrel or wrangle.
争论,吵架或争辩。
争论,吵架或争辩。；争论；争吵
In use
The two colleagues often altercate over minor issues during meetings.
Last night, he altercated with his neighbor about the noise.
They are altercating loudly in the hallway right now.
altercate with sb over sth
They altercated with their neighbor over the noise.
他们因噪音与邻居争吵。
altercate with sb
The two politicians altercated publicly.
两位政治家公开争吵。
altercate over sth
The committee members altercated over the budget.
委员会成员就预算问题争吵。
Verb forms
base altercate · third person altercates · -ing altercating · past altercated · past participle altercated
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
They had an altercate.They had an altercation.
“altercate”是动词，不能用作名词。表示“争吵”的名词形式是“altercation”。
He altercated his friend.He altercated with his friend.
“altercate”是不及物动词，需要加介词“with”引出争吵的对象。
They altercated between two options.They alternated between two options.
“altercate”意为“争吵”，而“alternate”意为“交替”。拼写相似但含义不同。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
常与介词 with 连用，表示与某人争吵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.